The US Department of Justice has rejected claims by two whistleblowers that it failed to properly investigate allegations of sanctions violations by Standard Chartered Plc, the bank said.

The inquiry into whether data was manipulated to make crime rates seem lower is being run out of the office of the U.S. attorney for D.C., Jeanine Pirro.

Justice Department officials argued the program provides an unconstitutional advantage based on race or ethnicity.

The U.S. Justice Department this week ordered states, local governments and non-profits not to use existing federal grant funds to provide legal services to immigrants in the country illegally or who could face deportation,

The US Justice Department has released a transcript of an interview with Ghislaine Maxwell - the jailed ex-girlfriend of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.